Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10894 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Boyland Hall and the Conduit, Bressingham |
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Summary
A medieval timber framed and jettied house, dated by tree rings to felling in 1401, built on the site of an earlier house. The house is moated, and the moat may date from the 13th century. The Conduit is a waterfilled channel leading to the moat, built in late 16th century brick. Blomefield describes the ruins of a bath house next to the Conduit in the early 18th century.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 085 843 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM08SE |
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| Parish: | BRESSINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Timber framed and jettied house of about 1500 with dragon beam, moated.
Built on the site of an earlier hall, moat may date from 13th century.
Late 16th century brick vaults containing springs known as The Conduit.
Blomfield mentions the ruins of a bathing house and summerhouse close to The Conduit in 1739. Beyond the bath house he describes a open square bath with an arch leading to the moat.
See (S1) and (S2).
E. Rose (NAU) 30 September 1981.
See (S3) in file but farm buildings stated to be 19th century of little interest.
Dendro date for hall 1401. M C Bridge.
S Heywood (HES) 31 August 2016.
August 2018. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of excavation of pad base pits for new footbridges across moat south of Boyland Hall.
The four small pits opened revealed no archaeologically-significant features or deposits.
Finds were limited to a small number of post-medieval brick and tile fragments.
See report (S4) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 June 2021.
September 2020. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with erection of detached garage at southern end of moated complex, adjacent to Tinkers Barn.
The excavations were relatively shallow, with the base of a thick subsoil deposit only reached in one small area. As a result, no archaeologically significant features or deposits were recorded.
Only finds of obviously modern date were observed (these were not retained).
See report (S5) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 15 March 2021.
Monument Types
- SPRING (Unknown date)
- CONDUIT HOUSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- GREAT HOUSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SITE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CONDUIT HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- GREAT HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SITE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TM 0884A-D. |
| --- | Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. NHER10894. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TM 0884F - G. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 08 SE 2. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 217. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Photograph: BDA (conduit), BZC 21 (dragon beam). |
| --- | Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Bressingham. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 1981. Building Report. Building Report. |
| <S2> | Serial: Blomefield, F.. 1805-1810. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk.. Volume Unknown. |
| <S3> | Unpublished Document: UEA. 1986. Historic Farm Buildings Survey. |
| <S4> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Newman, J. 2018. Barns at Old Boyland Hall, Bressingham, Norfolk. Report on Archaeological Mitigatory Works. John Newman Archaeological Services. |
| <S5> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Newman, J. 2020. Tinkers Barn, Old Boyland Hall, Common Road, Bressingham, Norfolk. Archaeological Monitoring Report. John Newman Archaeological Services. |
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